Preface Students! Read this!
This textbook is written for you.
Read the narrative examples, listen to examples in class, try the practice exercises, check with classmates or your instructor, then work the exercises in this textbook, then chat with classmates again, then do more problems … Well, you get the idea: the best way to learn mathematics is to do it yourself.
I hope you enjoy the course. I know you will learn a lot of useful algebra. I believe it will change how you see mathematics.
Dr. Suzanne Dorée, Augsburg University
